Example sentences of "be [verb] first time " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 2 | However , the majority of MPs expressed their support , pointing out that he had been elected first time to the shadow cabinet , giving him a mandate and the right to the same loyalty which his predecessors , Donald Dewar and Bruce Millan , had received . |
| 3 | Rambo 's won first time , and now it looks like they 've got a decent horse . ’ |
| 4 | It wants to raise funds to set up a special service for Northern Ireland , and ensure that every child 's call is answered first time . |
| 5 | On the other hand , if no digging out and filling in is done first time , the remaining rabbits retain a free run of the entire system and are much more difficult to corner . |